[8][12] He appeared as friend of the court in the 2011 case against staff of Bangladesh Biman on contempt charges after they refused to upgrade the economy seat of Justice Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik to business class.
[13] He was critical of the report, "Biman's flight delayed for altercation on plane", by The Daily Star which he said had damaged the judiciary.
[13] Nawaz led the Bangladesh Government claim against Niko Resources seeking compensation for the Tengratila Gas Field explosion.
[14] In 2013 Niko tried unsuccessfully to get the case dismissed through the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
[18] According to Zafar Sobhan, the editor of Dhaka Tribune, Nawaz is responsible for driving a wedge between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Nobel Laurate Professor Muhammad Yunus.
[8] Sobhan described as "a pettifogging journeyman advocate of little distinction" who had failed the bar multiple times trying to becoming a barrister.
[20] He and his son, Tawquir Rashaad Nawaz, performed Alaap on Raga Adbhut Durga at a celebration of the 100th birth anniversary of Pannalal Ghosh and held at the Bangladesh National Museum.